The pope underwent what the Vatican said was a 'laparotomy and abdominal wall plastic surgery with prosthesis' to treat a 'recurrent, painful and worsening' constriction of the intestine.
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To repair the hernia that had formed over a previous scar, a prosthetic mesh was placed in the abdominal wall, Alfieri said. He added that the pope was suffering from no other pathologies, that the tissue removed was benign and that after he recovers, he should be fine."It appears they operated on him in a timely fashion with no compromise to his intestine," said Dr.
Francis remained in charge of the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while unconscious and in the hospital, according to canon law. "In the first six weeks after this type of surgery, you're at risk of getting a recurrence again," he said. To avoid that, patients are advised not to do anything strenuous.
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